Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Well-developed, full, and shapely: Used primarily to describe a person's body or specific physical features that are pleasingly full, rounded, and mature in form. It connotes a healthy, robust, and attractive physical development.
   • Flourishing and expansive: In a more figurative or literary sense, it can describe something that is blooming, opening up, or developing fully and prosperously.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy có thân hình nở nang. (She has a full, shapely figure.)
  • Ngực nở nang is a common phrase meaning "a well-developed chest" or "a full bust."
  • Sau tuổi dậy thì, cơ thể cậu bé trở nên nở nang hơn. (After puberty, the boy's body became more developed and full.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used to describe the human body, particularly in a positive or neutral descriptive manner regarding physical maturation. It is not typically used for objects.

Variants and Related Words

• Nở (v): to bloom, to blossom, to expand. This is the root verb.
  • Hoa đang nở. (The flowers are blooming.)
• Nở nang is itself the standard form; there are no common direct variants.

Synonyms

• Full-figured: Having a rounded, shapely body.
• Voluptuous: Suggesting fullness and sensual pleasure of form.
• Well-developed: Grown to a full or mature state.
• Buxom: (Especially of a woman) healthily plump and ample of figure.

Antonyms

• Gầy gò: skinny, gaunt.
• Khô héo: withered, shriveled.
• Nhỏ bé: small, petite.

Notes on Usage

• "Nở nang" carries a positive connotation of health and attractive maturity. It is not considered vulgar but is a direct physical descriptor.
• It is most commonly applied to women's physiques but can be used for men, particularly in historical or literary contexts to describe a sturdy, full build.
• The word is more formal or descriptive than colloquial.

1. Well-developed
   • Ngực nở nang
     To have a well-develpoed chest